Washing-machine.



W. M. KING.

WASHING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 19. 1912.

Patented Sepf. 19, 1916.

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WILLIAM M. KINc oF PEORIA, ILLINOIS...

WASHING-MACHINE.

' Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented sept. 19, 1916.

Application filed January 19, 1912. Serial N 0. 672,233.

To all whom it may concern..-

Be it known that I, WVILLIAM M. KING,

6 a citizen of the United States, residing at Peoria, in the county of Peoria and State of Illinois, have invented new and useful Improvements in ashing-Machines, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to washing machines.

An object of my invention is to provide a washing machine which is simple to operate and inexpensive to manufacture.

With the above and other important objects in view my invention consists in such details of construction and in the arrangement and combination of parts as will be hereinafter more fully described and specifically pointed out in the appended claim.

In describing my invention in detail, reference will be had to the accompanying drawings in which like characters denote like or corresponding parts throughout the several views, and in which,

Figure 1 is a side elevation of my invention. Fig. 2 is a cross sectional view. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the cylinder. Fig. 4 is a sectional view of a washing machine constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 5 is a transverse sectional view of a variant form of my improved device. Fig. 6 is a perspective View of the same.

In the accompanying drawings 1 designates the drum like casing of my improved machine, which casing is made in sections the said sections being hingedly connected together as at 2. For the purpose of sup porting the casing, I have provided the standards 3 which are connected at their lower ends by means of the cross arms 4:. The interior of the casing 1 is provided with the transversely extending ribs 5 which ribs serve a purpose that will be hereinafter described.

A shaft 6 is revolubly mounted in the casing 1, and is superposed and arranged in alinement with the axis of the latter, having fixedly associated therewith a drum comprising a pair of heads 7, which are connected by ribs 8, the latter being arranged in permanent relation to the ribs 5 of the casing 1. A. gear wheel 9 is rigidly mounted on one end of the shaft 6, exterior of the casing, and engaged in mesh with a gear wheel 10. The gear wheel 10 is in rigid engagement with a sleeve 12, which is arranged on the outer face of one of the casing heads. A wheel 13 is in operative connection with the shaft 11 and has a handle 14 associated therewith to facilitate the actuation of said wheel, the operation of the latter rotating .the gear wheel 10 for subsequently imparting movement to the drum.

In operation, the clothes are inserted in the casing, together with the washing fluid, and motion then imparted to the drum. In

view of the peculiar manner in which the.

drum is associated with the casing, a thorough washing of the clothes is provided for, since the space between the outer periphery of said drum and the inner periphery of said casing increases toward the bottom, whereby the'maximum space is had subjacent the horizontal line drawn from the axis of the casing, thereby causing the clothes to be rubbed by the adjacent ribs 5 and S at the top of the casing, while they are again emersed in the water when reaching the bottom of the casing. Furthermore, this formation permits the clothes to be readily released, should they be clogged between the drum and casing, by slight movement of the handle 14 in a counter direction.

When there is but a small amount of clothing to be washed, I dispose within the lower part of the casing the device shown in Fig. 6. This comprises the segment-shaped members 15 carrying transverse ribs 16. As is clearly shown in Fig. 5 of the drawing, these segment-shaped members 15 fit into the lower section of casing 1, and are adapted to lie next adjacent the inner sides of the lateral walls thereof, so as to dispose the ribs 16 nearer the center of rotation of shaft 6, than are the ribs 5. By this construction, the available space for movement of the clothing within the casing, is reduced, so as to enable the arms 8 to pick up as it were, the clothing during their rotation about the axis of shaft 6.

I desire to lay great stress upon the simplicity of my device, and it is thought that the advantages and novel features of the same will be appreciated from the foregoin disclosure.

It is to be understood that slight changes in the construction and'in the arrangement and combination of the several parts may be resorted to Without departing from the spirit of my invention, provided such changes fall within the scope of the appended claim.

Having thus fully described my invention what I claim as new and desire to seconnected to the cover by a shaft Which,

cure by Letters Patent is When the cover is closed, remains above the In a Washing machine, a casing having horizontal axis of the casing.

a cylindrical inner periphery provided with WILLIAM M. KING.

ribs, a cover having a cylindrical inner pe- Witnesses:

riphery provided With ribs and hingedly GRANT MOWREY,

connected to the casing, a drum revolubly ELSE WILKINSON.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the "Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G. 

